The veteran's appeal for service connection for non-alcoholic fatty liver and hepatomegaly was dismissed because the veteran withdrew the claims.
The deciding factor: The veteran withdrew the claims before a decision was made, so there are no allegations of error left to consider.
- Claimed conditions
- non-alcoholic fatty liver, hepatomegaly
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2025
- Citation
- A25001199
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,242 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions, including hyperlipidemia, non-alcoholic fatty liver, dizziness, left shoulder pains, and others, as additional development is necessary to address pre-decisional duty-to-assist errors.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a liver disability and fatigue disability as further development is needed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for hemochromatosis. The remaining claims of service connection for hypertension, diabetes mellitus, erectile dysfunction, and non-alcoholic fatty liver are remanded for additional medical opinions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and examination to address issues related to the Veteran's hepatitis residuals, including obtaining private treatment records and VA examiner CVs. The Veteran will also be scheduled for a new VA examination with a hepatologist.
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